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Stolen Lenovo laptop



On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On 11/18/2010 11:06 AM, James Kramer wrote:
> > Thanks I will pass it on to him
> >
> >
> Another thing that may be useful is that the MAC addresses of the
> interfaces are (supposed to be) unique. If he knows or can find out the
> MAC addresses of the wired and wireless NICs, he could possibly notify
> some ISPs to be on the lookout.
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Only if they directly connected the nic to the cable/dsl/fios modem.  If
they're using a firewall, then no one outside of the private net (broadcast
domain) will see the mac.

He should also file a police report and check craigslist (all new england cl
sites) and ebay often.  Who knows, it might show up.

-matt






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